Who is Mary Corbet?
I learned to embroider when I was a kid - around 10 years old - when my aunt and older sisters were really into cross stitch. Eventually, I migrated to surface embroidery, teaching myself with whatever I could get my hands on.About twelve years ago, I got into "serious" embroidery, as a result of a growing interest in historical and ecclesiastical embroidery. I began reading a lot, collecting books, pieces of embroidery, and other resources, taking pictures and looking at pieces up close. I launched into trying this technique and that technique, until I figured out the one question that always pops into my mind when I see a beautiful piece of embroidery: "How did they do that?" In this regard, I'm completely self-taught.
Embroidery for me is a hobby. I don't consider myself an artist! I do not have any qualification that gives me the right to say, "I'm a textile artist." I'm not - I embroider for the fun of it. But don't get me wrong - embroidery is an art, no doubt about it! But it becomes an art only at a certain level. Maybe some day, I'll reach that level. For now, it's my hobby. I'm just intensely enthusiastic about it, I've read and studied a lot about it, tried just about every kind of embroidery, and it consumes most of my free time! But it really is just a hobby!
I'm a teacher. I've been teaching high school English for 15 years. If you find grammar errors on my website, feel free to slap me!
During the summer, besides working, I teach embroidery to children. I also teach adults and have established an embroidery guild in our parish. Unfortunately, work makes it hard to keep up a regular schedule, but I work with a terrific group of ladies who are a lot of fun and very, very patient! In fact, that's how Needle 'n Thread was born. It was an off-shoot of teaching embroidery to others. I just decided to expand the audience a bit. Hence, the video library of stitches.
For now, I believe that covers the About Us question, doesn't it?
